I do not have a AGP slot nor PCI express so it will need to be a PCI card.

I've see a couple of cards available but noticed the min spec. of the PSU required is 250w. I've had the side off my Dell today and noticed the PSU is only 200w. I am reluctant to go to the further cost and hassle of fitting a higher output PSU and am wondering is it possible to get a card that meets the above spec. but does *not* need a PSU supplying over 200w.

I am niavley assuming if the card does not have a fan it will draw less power (or is this over simplification) or was considering risking fitting a card that needs 250 w and see what happens......or is this a recipe for disaster or at the very least a recipe for creating an unstable system.

I think, according to the specs that you have listed there, that your onboard video shouldnt be too bad, i mean in comparason to what you have there, but then again it is dell (: jk, jk, if anything, you could just go on new egg and spend 20$, its not gonna matter which one you get, it should still be good with generals.

I think, according to the specs that you have listed there, that your onboard video shouldnt be too bad, i mean in comparason to what you have there, but then again it is dell (: jk, jk, if anything, you could just go on new egg and spend 20$, its not gonna matter which one you get, it should still be good with generals.

Actually, onboard is a POS in every shape and form. My old GeForce2 MX 400 is actually far better than most onboard.
I have a friend, who when trying to play cs source, at min settings, would get about 10 fps. After shoving my geforce2 in there, he could run it at 640x480 medium texture settings and get an average of 50 fps.

So if you go out and find a geforce2 PCI card, it will run generals OK. I think the best PCI graphics card would be a GeForceFX 5500... but that might overwhelm your PSU...

I'd just buy a new mobo, psu and vid card. The cpu u have is fine, 512mb of ram will be enough. A new mobo which has pci-e and a 400W psu shouldn't cost much. Then add like a 6600GT and there u go. The total price would probably be around $250.

And just add 1 or 2 of those things to ur birthday list so u don't have to pay for them yourself

Yeah, you could upgrade your motherboard, and really kill that game with a good graphics card.

Onboard video should work anyway, on low settings anyway...

Thanks everybody for the quick responses - I had presumed because that was the min. spec for the game it absolutley *had* to be a seperate videao card but what I think you are saying is that the onboard graphics 'emulate' a (low spec.) card and will preform (all be it at a much reduced level) well enough to be able at least run the game.

The game is only £10 on Amazon so I suppose I could risk buying it seeing what happens/if it runs/ how well it runs and if not happy stick it on eBay....